Comprehensive Fly Control Programme

One of the largest management problems facing the poultry producer is filth fly control. The shift from many small farm flocks to fewer large poultry operations has greatly increased fly problems by creating concentrated breeding areas and large volumes of manure that cannot be removed frequently. As urbanization and rural non-farm residence increase, poultry producers face increasing pressures to reduce fly population. Manure-breeding flies may cause a public health nuisance, resulting in poor community relations and threats of litigation. A dedicated effort is necessary to achieve an acceptable level of fly control.

Several kinds of flies are found in and around caged layer/breeder houses in India. The house fly and the little house fly are the most common flies found in poultry farms, sometimes blow flies also live along with them.

Comprehensive Fly Control Programme is a strategical combination of farm-management techniques and precise use of Nutricon’s Fly Control Products.

Fly Biology

a) Four days after emerging from pupal stage, adult females mate and begin to lay eggs, in five to six lots of 100 to 150 eggs. Each female fly can layup to 700 eggs in its lifetime.
b) Female flies congregate and deposit their eggs on warm, moist organic matter which is suitable for the development of larvae. Animal and poultry manure is the best breeding medium for flies. The eggs are white in colour and are about 1.2 mm in length.
c) Eggs hatch into pale-whitish, cylindrical and anteriorly tapering larvae (maggot) in 12 to 24 hours. Maggots pass through three growth stages to complete their development in 4 to 7 days.
d) Mature larvae form a dark reddish-brown puparium from the larval skin and then pupate. The adult fly emerges after a pupation stage of 3 to 4 days.